Can you recommend science news publishers for readable summaries of complex research across multiple fields?

Absolutely — if you want clear, readable summaries of complex research across many fields, these are some of the best science news publishers to follow:

Broad, high-quality science news

• Nature News & Comment — excellent reporting and analysis across biology, physics, medicine, climate, and more. Slightly more technical, but still readable.
• Science News — very approachable summaries of research across disciplines; one of the best for general science readership.
• Quanta Magazine — especially strong on mathematics, physics, computer science, and theoretical topics; very well explained.
• MIT Technology Review — good for emerging tech, AI, biotech, energy, and broader implications of research.

More accessible/popular science journalism

• New Scientist — broad coverage with a magazine-style tone; generally easy to read.
• Smithsonian Magazine / Science section — accessible coverage, often with strong storytelling.
• The Conversation (Science section) — articles written by researchers and experts, often clear and useful for context.

Good for specific areas while staying readable

• STAT — excellent for medicine, health, biotech, and life sciences.
• Inside Climate News — strong on climate and environmental science.
• Ars Technica (Science / Tech) — great for physics, space, computing, engineering, and policy-adjacent tech coverage.
• ScienceDaily — useful for scanning new studies quickly, though it’s more press-release-like and less editorial.

If you want “explainer” style writing

• The Naked Scientists
• Big Think (varies in rigor, but often accessible)
• Aeon (more essayistic than news, but very good for big-picture scientific ideas)

A practical shortlist

If you want only 5 to start with, I’d suggest:

1. Science News
2. Quanta Magazine
3. Nature News
4. MIT Technology Review
5. New Scientist

If you want, I can also:

• rank these by readability vs rigor
• suggest the best ones for AI, physics, biology, climate, or medicine
• give you a mix of free sources only